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Tiny Vanuatu uses its 'unimportance' to launch big climate ideas
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Tiny Vanuatu uses its 'unimportance' to launch big climate ideas

It wants a top international court to weigh in on whether nations are legally bound to protect against climate risks.
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Flesh-eating bacteria cases are rising in Florida after Hurricane Ian

Flesh-eating bacteria cases are rising in Florida after Hurricane Ian

Lee County has reported 26 flesh-eating bacteria cases since Hurricane Ian. Despite concerns, wound infections with vibrio are not common or contagious.
Britain scales back foreign aid, threatening progress in global health

Britain scales back foreign aid, threatening progress in global health

The nation is often the second-largest donor to groups working in poor countries to prevent and treat infectious diseases, and to provide reproductive health services to women.
Study: Climate change is creating disease hotspots
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Study: Climate change is creating disease hotspots

“The coming decades will not only be hotter, but sicker.”
Australia's Japanese Encephalitis cases signal new climate change warning
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Australia's Japanese Encephalitis cases signal new climate change warning

Several cases of Japanese encephalitis have been confirmed in Australia and may have spread from pigs to humans, although it can also spread from horses.
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Yellow fever and malaria in the US? With climate crisis, it's within the realm of possibility
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Yellow fever and malaria in the US? With climate crisis, it's within the realm of possibility

A look at how climate change is exacerbating disease and making public health one of the world's most immediate climate crisis challenges.
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Tropical disease outbreaks are growing threat in Europe as temperatures rise
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Tropical disease outbreaks are growing threat in Europe as temperatures rise

After West Nile virus kills 22 people in heatwave, experts warn of more mosquito and tick-borne diseases due to climate change.

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